Valve’s redesigned Steam Achievement Sets now live for all users

This is a new development in a story we reported earlier: Valve adds Achievement Sets to Steam Client Beta.

All Steam users can use the redesigned Steam Achievement Sets, with the public launch reported Nov. 12, 2026, about a month after the feature entered beta. The rollout extends the beta test that changed how downloadable-content achievements count toward completion.

Developers themselves create the achievement categories, which cover single-player and multiplayer modes, the base game and downloadable content, plus seasonal breakdowns, according to KitGuru and The Escapist. PCGamesN says the sets offer a clearer view of which parts of a game a player knows best, including single-player mastery, and they reflect longer-lived games through seasons or downloadable content.

PCGamesN reports color coding at the top level — blue marks the base game and purple marks downloadable content — and says players no longer need to worry that fresh content will spoil proud completion percentages. Purple achievements count toward personal progress only when the player owns the add-on or received it free. Because the sets are separate, downloadable content a player does not want to revisit cannot spoil a 100% completion rating.

Every set displays its own progress bar, and finishing one awards a set-completion trophy on the player’s profile, The Escapist reports. Developers can split single-player and multiplayer achievements by game mode, create seasonal sets that retire when updates make them unreachable, and archive individual achievements or whole sets aimed at seasonal games and limited-time holiday challenges, Valve says.

A new comparison page lets users measure themselves against up to three friends, including across rare achievements and downloadable-content sets. The Perfect Games tab is now called Completed. It shows fully finished games, games at 100% within individual sets, and games accessed through Steam Family Sharing, including Family Sharing games in the Games List.

The updated Achievements page is available on the web Games List and in games on the Library, with search tools for specific sets or locked and unlocked achievements. Store and Library pages show whether a game supports Achievement Sets. KitGuru says the page also carries a refreshed layout, new switches, and more filters.

Valve announced the sets through its blog and released them to the beta branch Oct. 19, 2026, KitGuru reports. The Escapist, publishing Oct. 18, 2026, put the beta at 17 games. “The source lists 17 supported games, including Against the Storm, Crusader Kings 3, DREDGE, Portal 2, Team Fortress 2 and PowerWash Simulator 2.” — The Escapist. It is open to players and developers, but it turns on only when a game’s developer uses the new tools.

PCGamesN names Portal 2, Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4, Forza Horizon 5, Crusader Kings 3, and Against the Storm as major titles ready in time for the beta, but Valve says the feature reaches only a relatively small slice of Steam games for now.

Valve says the feature should be simple for developers to implement and should become the standard moving forward. According to Oct. 18, 2026 reporting, the company planned further improvements while the beta remained active.

KitGuru reports that Steam still lacks any Platinum Trophy or Mythic Achievement, and suggests the new categorization is superior to other platforms, hoping Sony and Xbox take inspiration. In an article published Oct. 20, 2026, GameRant compared the new Steam sets with Xbox’s Mythic Achievements.

The same update includes other client changes, PCGamesN reports. Valve updated Remote Play with HDR support for Linux, macOS, Steam Deck OLED, and Android 15 or newer phones, and added a display setting for screens with different aspect ratios. Valve has converted the Linux Steam client into a 64-bit application that runs inside a Steam Runtime container, aiming for a more consistent experience across distributions.

Big Picture mode gains a chat window widget to make invites easier to accept, a redesigned chat tab, and message notifications that roll together when many messages arrive at once. Notifications more consistently support per-friend settings, and users can adjust voice-chat levels from the friend context menu.

The patch also improves offline activity feed support and the store’s text-search algorithm, adds controller support for GameInput v4, and fixes the custom Joystick Power Curve setting. PCGamesN advises anyone who used the power-curve feature before to check their settings. Valve added time-zone options for places with specific daylight saving time changes.